Black Authors Book Club

Join us for our final book club meeting of 2024 , This space is for all readers to share & learn about the Black experience, and discuss books by Black authors that reflect that perspective.

The book for November 26th is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBride. 

From James McBride, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store opens with the discovery of a skeleton in a well in a small town. This introduction to the Chicken Hill area of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, sets up a sense of mystery as the narrative jumps back nearly 50 years to explore the town, its secrets and its people.  Chicken Hill is a vibrant community of immigrants, Jewish and black people. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community - heaven and earth - that sustain us.

Accolades for The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 

THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION

FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023

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